Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White

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Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware gender & american culture Coeditors Thadious M. Davis Linda K. Kerber Editorial Advisory Board Nancy Cott Cathy N. Davidson Jane Sherron De Hart Sara Evans Mary Kelley Annette Kolodny Wendy Martin Nell Irvin Painter Janice Radway Barbara Sicherman A complete list of books published in Gender and American Culture is available at www.uncpress.unc.edu. pauli murray 1& caroline ware Forty Years of Letters in Black and White Edited by anne firor scott The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill ∫ 2006 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Set in Minion type by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America This volume was published with the assistance of the Greensboro Women’s Fund of the University of North Carolina Press. Founding Contributors: Linda Arnold Carlisle, Sally Schindel Cone, Anne Faircloth, Bonnie McElveen Hunter, Linda Bullard Jennings, Janice J. Kerley (in honor of Margaret Supplee Smith), Nancy Rouzer May, and Betty Hughes Nichols. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Murray, Pauli, 1910–1985. Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware : forty years of letters in black and white / edited by Anne Firor Scott. p. cm. — (Gender and American culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8078-3055-0 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8078-3055-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Murray, Pauli, 1910–1985—Correspondence. 2. Ware, Caroline F. (Caroline Farrar), 1899–1990—Correspondence. 3. Women social reformers—United States— Correspondence. 4. Women college teachers—United States—Correspondence. 5. African American women civil rights workers—Correspondence. 6. Women historians—United States—Correspondence. 7. Feminists—United States— Correspondence. 8. Women intellectuals—United States—Correspondence. I. Ware, Caroline F. (Caroline Farrar), 1899–1990. II. Scott, Anne Firor, 1921– III. Title. IV. Title: Forty years of letters in black and white. V. Series: Gender & American culture. hq1412.a87 2006 305.42092%273—dc22 2006014020 Pauli Murray’s letters ∫ Pauli Murray, reprinted by permission of the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency. 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of andrew scott, 1922–2005, and to the six who were the light of his life: John, Thomas, Will, Sarah, Paxton, and Abby This page intentionally left blank ...